Large transport moving into parking area on crowded ramp allegedly endangered a parked medium large transport when tail of large transport was pointed toward the medium large transport.

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Attributes
ACN	127068
Time
Date	198910
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : kin
State Reference	FO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground : parked ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 300 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 6000
ASRS Report	127068
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Parking area extremely congested. Followed taxi-in signals provided by personnel provided by the company tasked with ramp control and services. Due to confined nature of ramp, tail of aircraft pointed at aircraft on gate while being directed to parking spot. Crew of aircraft at gate expressed concern over the safety of the situation, even though all turns were done at idle power. Ramp personnel taxi aircraft rather than tow due to availability of ground equipment. Suggest gates should taxi nose in and push back out.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LGT MOVING INTO PARKING AREA ON CROWDED RAMP ALLEGEDLY ENDANGERED A PARKED MLG WHEN TAIL OF LGT WAS POINTED TOWARD THE MLG.

Narrative: PARKING AREA EXTREMELY CONGESTED. FOLLOWED TAXI-IN SIGNALS PROVIDED BY PERSONNEL PROVIDED BY THE COMPANY TASKED WITH RAMP CTL AND SVCS. DUE TO CONFINED NATURE OF RAMP, TAIL OF ACFT POINTED AT ACFT ON GATE WHILE BEING DIRECTED TO PARKING SPOT. CREW OF ACFT AT GATE EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER THE SAFETY OF THE SITUATION, EVEN THOUGH ALL TURNS WERE DONE AT IDLE PWR. RAMP PERSONNEL TAXI ACFT RATHER THAN TOW DUE TO AVAILABILITY OF GND EQUIP. SUGGEST GATES SHOULD TAXI NOSE IN AND PUSH BACK OUT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.